Mike Yenni is a local conservative politician from Louisiana. You may remember reading about him this time last year when he was busted for sending x-rated texts to a Catholic school boy. He also bought the teen sexy $75 underpants, encouraged him to send him nude selfies, suggested they have a threesome with another teen boy, and made out with him in a mall bathroom.

Despite admitting to the “improper” behavior, Yenni insisted he’s “not gay” and that he’s is very happily married to his wife and mother of his three children. He also refused to resign from his post as Jefferson Parish President.

(We should note: It’s very likely Yenni was telling the truth when he said he’s “not gay”; his behavior resembles that of a bisexual.)

Now, the 40-year-old lawmaker has a new potential scandal on his hands. He is being criticized for quietly increasing the budget for improving his office by more than 1,600%, raising it from a modest $11,700 to over $200,000. He then had his office remodeled to look like George W. Bush’s Oval Office in the White House, including a starburst rug nearly identical to the one Bush had.

See the striking resemblance?

Hats off to your interior designer, Mike.

Yenni insists the only things he used public funds for were to buy three new telephones and that he spent his own money to buy all the other stuff, adding that he’s allowed to make his office “as nice as I want it to be as long as taxpayers don’t pay for it.”

They show that, so far, Yenni’s office has spent $138,000 on upgrades, including adding several $1,000 apiece sleeper sofas, multiple $2,000 apiece leather desk chairs, and two custom-made mahogany desks at $2500 a pop.

The invoices also include things like etched glass doors and a current $7,000 order to have new hardwood floors installed around the perimeter of the starburst rug in Yenni’s private office.

“Regardless of what you think of me as a person, I am very responsible when it comes to taxpayer money,” Yenni insists.

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22 Comments

Kangol

Mike Yenni is one of those closet queens who doesn’t know what to do with himself. All those office upgrades aren’t going to offset not being able to cruise Catholic high school twinks or sublimate his lack of desire in his “hetero” marriage. He probably should take some of that money and start paying for a psychologist if he hasn’t already done so.

Heywood Jablowme

PinkoOfTheGange

There is a slight difference in that the receiver of Tony’s sext was under the aoc in her state and her parents pushed for prosecution.

The Feds are reluctant to use the same law on this self loathing bi-guy because the youth was above the Louisiana aoc. The young man doesn’t want to push the issue (at least that was my take away from a couple of very seemingly thorough articles).

September 27, 2017 at 7:09pm

Heywood Jablowme

@Pinko: OK, that makes sense.

September 28, 2017 at 7:09am

Donston

“We should note: It’s very likely Yenni was telling the truth when he said he’s “not gay”; his behavior resembles that of a bisexual.” Once again, the fact that he’s had sex with a woman and produced some babies has nothing to do with orientation. Pushing that line of belief is very dangerous. But yes, he probably does have some sexual attraction to women as most men with male ephebophilia leaning attractions tend have some type of attraction to women, no matter how minuscule, or at least a desire to sexually engage with women. But the fact that none of these guys ever get caught trying to hook up with women or teenage girls lets you know where the majority of their orientation and “preferences” lie.

If it’s not one megalomaniac predator “misusing funds” it’s another. It’s all kinda yawn-worthy at this point.

PinkoOfTheGange

With out this part:

“But yes, he probably does have some sexual attraction to women as most men with male ephebophilia leaning attractions tend have some type of attraction to women, no matter how minuscule, or at least a desire to sexually engage with women. But the fact that none of these guys ever get caught trying to hook up with women or teenage girls lets you know where the majority of their orientation and “preferences” lie.”

Not a plucked eyebrow would of raised, but the arm chair psychology just shoots the whole post out of the water.

September 27, 2017 at 7:09pm

dsharpark

Seriously “Graham”… stick with crackers.

“(We should note: It’s very likely Yenni was telling the truth when he said he’s “not gay”; his behavior resembles that of a bisexual.)”

gayjim1969

Someone got activated; hit too close to home, did it?

You do realize that the teen was 17, which is over the age of consent in Louisiana, so this doesn’t fall under pedophilia, which refers to children under the age of 13–it does fall under ephebophilia, the preference for sexual partners in mid-late adolescents (15-19 years of age), right?

September 28, 2017 at 12:09am

dsharpark

Screw you as well “GayJim”… and what do you mean “hit close to home”… yeah, I’m bisexual and I took offense… REAL OBSERVANT OF YOU TO FIGURE THAT OUT… bravo!

And if you’re an expert on age on consent in various states… the police should probably check your browser history, pedo!

The comment (jab) at bisexuals was completely out of left field… it didn’t add anything to the story… it was simply a shallow attempt by the author to insult bisexuals. Some queeny, fudge-packing, limp-wristed Nellie feels REAL proud of himself…

Ogier

We know very little about the boy. He seems to have been receptive to Mike’s advances and even had a mall bathroom assignation. At 17 he is old enough to know whats what and no mention is made of his lodging a criminal complaint.
If so. Mike can count himself lucky and deal with his voters as best he can. They will decide his fate.

mhoffman953

The redesign looks like a funeral home.

I’m still not sure where the money went. If it cost $138,000 and the article says, “including adding several $1,000 apiece sleeper sofas, multiple $2,000 apiece leather desk chairs, and two custom-made mahogany desks at $2500 a pop…and a current $7,000 order to have new hardwood floors installed”, that totals $14,000 + $2,000 / leather desk chairs. How did that all add up to $138,000?

jaack

Does paying for sex websites, lube, sex toys, condoms, dirty boys underwear help to decorate Yenni’s office? Being Bisexual or omnisexual(any hole will do) is truthful when Yenni denies being solely gay. But the taxpayers must call Yenni to account for the excessive spending. Recall or impeachment are some ways to clean out the CESSPOOL we have as a government. This Mike Yenni claims to be a conservative. Conserving his cash while having taxpayers pay his bills. The whole corrupt system makes me want to vomit at the thought of the level of fraud, waste, corruption, and just plain stupidity.